Building a Second Brain
by Tiago Forte · Tiago Forte
Forte's method for capturing notes, ideas and references in a digital system you can actually retrieve from. Introduces the PARA organizing scheme and the CODE workflow, aimed at turning scattered saved material into finished work.
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